10 things to know for Friday

Afghan security personnel investigate the site of a suicide car bombing and a gunfight near the U.S. consulate in Herat Province, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 13, 2013. Taliban militants attacked the U.S. consulate in western Afghanistan on Friday morning, using a car bomb and guns to battle security forces just outside the compound in the city of Herat. It was not entirely clear whether any attackers managed to breach the facility. (AP Photo/Hoshang Hashimi)

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:

1. CAR BOMBS EXPLODE AT AMERICAN CONSULATE

The suicide attacks in Herat in western Afghanistan are followed by a fierce gunbattle between Taliban militants and security forces, Afghan officials say. Click here for story

2. INDIA GANG RAPE DEFENDANTS SENTENCED TO DEATH

A judge orders to the gallows four men convicted of the fatal attack of a woman on a New Delhi bus. Click here for story

3. WHO HAS MORE CHEMICAL WEAPONS THAN SYRIA

The American stockpile of some 3,000 tons is three times the amount purportedly controlled by the Assad regime. Click here for story

4. FIRE RAGES ALONG BOARDWALK AT JERSEY SHORE

The wind-whipped blaze destroys more than 50 businesses and undoes months of rebuilding after Superstorm Sandy. Click here for story

5. FLOODS RAVAGE RUGGED LANDSCAPE IN COLORADO

“My house is sitting in Class 3 rapids,” says Jason Stillman, a resident of the town of Lyons in hard-hit Boulder County. Click here for story